#4BA9BE#4BA9BE

#4BA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9BE
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -21.41, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 28.68, 221.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0764 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.093 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3801, 33.5868, 53.7979)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9BE #BE604B

analogous

#4BBE9A #4BA9BE #4B6FBE

triadic

#4BA9BE #BE4BA9 #A9BE4B

tetradic

#4BA9BE #9A4BBE #BE604B #6FBE4B

square

#4BA9BE #9A4BBE #BE604B #6FBE4B

split-complementary

#4BA9BE #BE4B6F #BE9A4B

monochromatic

#265D69 #368496 #4BA9BE #78BECE #A5D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4BA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#4BA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9BE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9BE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d1',
    500: '#4ba9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9be;
$custom-light: #89c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68669,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9BE

secondary

#CCA299

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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